Bottle closure



Feb- 15 1927 A. DAGos-rlNo BOTTLE cLosURE Filed Jan. 15, y1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Il Il Feb. 15 1927.

A. DAGOSTINO BOTTLE CLOSURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. l5, 1926 Attorney Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

l UNITED YSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO DAGOSTINO, OF OZONE PARK, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

Application ledJanuary 15, 19%6.` Serial No. 81,559.

. order that it may be readily apparent that the original contents of the same has been removed, if such be the case, thereby preventing the spurious sale of a product not up to the standard of the product originally contained in the bottle. v

It is an additional aim of the present in vention to provide a closure for a particular ly constructed bottle that may be readily in serted in position after the bottle has been filled, and that is provided with means for automatically locking the same against removal and also to prevent the resealing of the bottle in a manner even generally similar to the original sealed construction.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention will be better lunderstood, the same comprising the novel form, combination and arrangement of part-s hereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings wherein there is 'disclosed vtwo embodiments f the present invention,

Figure 1 is a section through a particularly constructed bottle neck that is adapted "to receive my closure means, the same combining to produce the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the cork stopper receiving member comprising the central part of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of the cork closure receiving bottle neck entering sleeve and also comprises an essential feature of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the locking inember carried by said sleeve, and adapted for positively securing the same within the neck of the bottle.

Fig. 7 is a viewl similar to Fig. 1, and showing a slightly modified form of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7, taken at direct right angles thereto, and

Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken substantially upon the line 9-9 of Fig. 7 and looking ldownwardly in the direction of the arrow.

First having particular reference to Figs.

vertically 1 to 6 inclusive, it will be seen that apbottlc 5 is provided with a neck 6 which in the present instance is formed with a tapered por tion 7 that is obviously circular in cross section and so formed as to provide an internal annular shoulder 8 at the lower end thereof,

'and an annular shoulder 9 at the upper end thereof from which arises a circular untapered extension 10 flanged as at 11 for providing a circular seat 12.

Adapted to be disposed within said neck of the bottle is a sleeve 13 formed with an eX- ternal annular shoulder 14 at its lower edge, which lower edge is adapted to rest upon the shoulder 8 of said tapered neck portion 7 as clearly shown in both Figs. 1 and 2. At the upper end of said sleeve, the same is of greater cross section and thickness as indicated at 14 for tight fit within the neck extension 10, the eXtreme upper end of the sleeve being `outwardly flanged as at 15 for engagement within the seat 12 of said neck and for assisting the shoulder at the lower end of the neck for maintaining the sleeve flush with the neck at the upper end thereof.

Adapted for disposition around the sleeve '13 directly above the shoulder 14 thereof, is `a split metallic band 16 formed with vertically extending fingers 17-17 at opposite points 'on the upper edge thereof which closely contact the outer surface of the sleeve and en* gage at their' upper ends directly beneath the thickened portion ofthe sleeve for preventing verticalv movement of the band thereon. Intermediate the members 17-.17, said split bandl is formed at opposite points with y extending outwardly sprung spring fingers 18-18 that are adapted to engage beneath the shoulder 9 of the bottle 1 for preventing the removal of said sleeve with respect to the neck. v

Prior to the insertion of the sleeve 13 to the neck 7 of the bottle 5, a conventional cork 19 is disposed therein, the upper end being preferably in flush engagement with the inner edge of an annular rabbet Ior seat 2() formed in the flange 11 of said sleeve in order that a cork sealing disk 21 may be disposed within the rabbet or seat, also in a 'manner as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Extending across the shoulder 11 of the sleeve 13 at diametrically opposed points thereon are channels 22-22 ywithin which engage extension strips 23-23 formed at '95 neck after the sleeve 13 has been forced` downwardly therein as shown clearly in Fig.

diametrically yopposed points upon the edge of the disk 21 and extending from the tcp surface thereof. It may be well to herein state that the said disk 21 as well as the extension strips 253-23 are of metal preferably 'aluminum in order that said extension strips may Hex during the positioning of the disk within the rabbet or seat 20.

Communicating with the slots 22-22 are relatively T-shaped slots 2% upon the periphery of the sleeve flange 15 for receiving T- shaped pendant portions 25-25 upon the outer ends of the disk extension strips 25%- 23, the same adapted to be forcibly engaged within said slots 24 for maintaining the disk 21 within the seat 20 at the upper end of the sleeve 13.

It will be obvious that after the cork19 has been disposed in said sleeve 13 andthe disk 21 applied thereto, the subsequent positioning of the sleeve within the neck of the bottle will prevent the disengagement of the extension members 25 25 Vof the sealing disk of the notches 24-211 of the sleeve 13 insomuch as it would be impossible through reason of the locking means to remove the sleeve from the neck.

The flange 15 of the sleeve 13 is provided at its inner edge and directly adjacent one edge of one of the cross slots 22-22 thereof with a notch 26 in order that an instrument may be engaged beneath one of the extensions 23 for severing the same from the disk 21, after which the disk 21 may be bent upwardly upon its other extension strip to subsequently permit of the removal of the cork 19 and the discharge of the content within the bottle 5. However, after the original content has once been removed, it would be impossible to reseal the bottle in a manner even generally simulating the original seal, for thus preventing the spurious sale of well known products.

In the form of the invention disclosed in Figs. 7, S and 9, the bottle 5 is formed with a straight neck 6 between which and the bottle proper, is an annular shoulder 8. Intermediate the ends of the neck G', the same is of reduced thickness for providing shoulders 9 and 10 adjacent the upper and lower ends thereof.

In this modification, a split metallic band 16 exactly similar to the band 16 seen in Fig. 6, is adapted to encircle the neck 6 directly beneath the shoulder 10 at the up per end therecf. rlhe strips 17 -17 and 18-18 are in this instance adapted to extend downwardly and engage upon the shoulder 9 and an internal shoulder 14 upon the lower end of a sleeve 13 respectively, said sleeve adapted to be disposed over the neck of the bottle and be secured in such position through medium of the outwardly bent spring fingers 18e-18.

Previous to the disposition of the sleeve 13- upon the neck 6', a closure cork 19 is disposed within the neck of the bottle, the upper end thereof being flush with an annular seat 20 at the upper end of the neck for receiving a sealing disk 21 .similar to the disk 21 employed in the previously described formof the invention. In this instance also, said disk is provided with the lateral extension strips which have pendant T- shaped head members formed thereon for engaging in cross slots at the upper end of the neck at diametrically opposed points thereon, said pendant extensions adapted to be also received in T-shaped notches at the outer side of the neck at its upper end for maintaining the disk within its seat.

The sleeve y13 is formed at its upper end in an inwardly directed annu-lar flange, that engages over the vupper end of the neck as well as the perimeter of the disk 21 for preventing access to the interacting connections between the disk and the neck which would otherwise probably permit of the removal of the sealing disk without mutilating the same. In this instance, it is necessary that an implement be provided such as a knife or other cutting tool for slitting the disk 21 in order that the same may be pried from beneath the sleeve shoulder to permit of the removal of the stopper 19.

It will thus be seen that in both forms of the invention, means is provided for preventing the removal of a bottle sealing cork without the mutilation of .such means and in such a manner as to prevent the removal and substitution of the means, which will effectively answer all of the purposes hereinbefore designated.

Even though I have shown and described the most preferred embodiment of the invention with which I am at this time familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus ldescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is: l

1. In a structure of the class described, in combination, a bottle neck, a cork, a disk resting upon the outer end of the cork, a sleeve associated with said neck and cooperative with said disk, and co-acting means between the sleeve and bcttle neck for holding the sleeve in place, said disk being provided with diametrically opposite extensions terminating in T-shaped extremities in contact with the neck and sleeve.

2. In a structure of the class described, in combination, a bottle neck, a cork, a disk resting upon the outer end of the cork, said disk being provided with extensions terminating in T-shaped extremities, a sleeve cooperative with said extremities and with said neck, a band interposed between the CII neck and sleeve land provided with resilient retaining ngers.

3. In a structure of the class described, in combination, a bottle neck, a sleeve fitted into said neck, said neck being formed with shoulders, retaining means surrounding the sleeve and cooperable With said shoulders, a cork tted into said sleeve, and n seal forniing disk in contact with said cork and including portions cooperable With .said sleeve and neck.

4. In a structure of the class described,

in combination, a bottle neck provided with shoulders, a sleeve telescopically tted into said neck, a cork fitted into said sleeve, a disk resting upon the cork and provided With extensions terminating in extremities confined between `the sleeve and bottle neck, a band surrounding said sleeve and including fingers engageable with the shoulders formed on said bottle neck.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ANTONIO DAGOSTINO. 

